inumbro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĭn-umbro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to cast a shadow upon, to shade (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. opaco).

I Lit.: terraque inumbratur, Lucr. 5, 289: toros obtentu frondis, Verg. A. 11, 66: forum velis, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24; Curt. 3, 4, 9; Quint. 12, 10, 60.—

B Transf.

1 To cause darkness : inumbrante vespera, Tac. H. 3, 19.—

2 To cover : ora coronis, Lucr. 3, 913: pubem pallio, Ap. Met. 10, 31, 5; ante genas quam flos juvenilis inumbret, Claud. Prob. et Olyb. 69.—

3 To mark the shadows upon , to mark out , lay out (anteclass.): solarium, Varr. L. L. 6, § 4 Müll. —

II Trop., to obscure : imperatoris adventu legatorum dignitas inumbratur, Plin. Pan. 19, 1: inumbrata quies, apparent , Dig. 41, 2, 18, § 1.

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